"and also on variety shows hosted by Rolf Harris and Scott Walker—when the song won the Academy Award on 14 April 1969, an endorsement which facilitated the Top Ten entry of Harrison's single on the UK chart dated 22 April 1969 with its chart peak of #8 effected two weeks later. ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" was performed on the Academy Awards ceremony broadcast of 14 April 1969 by José Feliciano; Noel Harrison would recall: ""I was invited to sing it at the Academy Awards... but I was making a movie in England at the time, and the producer (who"
"Windmills"" which became a hit in the Netherlands, reaching #11 on the Dutch chart in November 1969. and Nr. 4 in the Turkish hit parade in April 1970. The lyrics for the French-language rendering of ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" were written by Eddy Marnay and this version, entitled ""Les Moulins de mon cœur"", was first recorded in 1968 by Marcel Amont who was resultantly afforded a minor French chart hit (peak #49). ""Les Moulins de mon coeur"" has subsequently been recorded by: In 1970 Helena Vondráčková, prior to recording ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" with its original English lyrics"
"The Windmills of Your Mind ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" is a song with music by French composer Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The French lyrics, under the title """", were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film ""The Thomas Crown Affair"" (1968), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year. In 2004, ""Windmills of Your Mind"" was ranked 57 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. A cover by Sting was used in the"
"renderings of famous French-language songs. ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" has also been rendered as: The Windmills of Your Mind ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" is a song with music by French composer Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The French lyrics, under the title """", were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film ""The Thomas Crown Affair"" (1968), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year. In 2004, ""Windmills of Your Mind"" was ranked 57 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs"
"a short vowel. Harrison's version had a US single in the US in July 1968 soon after the premiere of the film and similarly was released in the British Isles at the time of the film's 7 February 1969 premiere in the UK and Ireland. As a result, it was a current UK release when ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" received an Academy Award nomination on 24 February 1969: Harrison's single debuted at #36 in the UK Top 50 dated 4 March 1969 and had risen to #15—abetted by performances by Harrison on the 27 March 1969 broadcast of ""TOTP"""
"The Windmills of Your Mind (album) The Windmills of Your Mind is an album by Paul Motian released on the German Winter & Winter label in 2011. The album was Motian's final release prior to his death in late 2011. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating, """"The Windmills of Your Mind"" is a collection of jazz and pop standards played by a stellar quartet "". The Guardian's John Fordham noted, ""Motian enlists Bill Frisell on guitar and Thomas Morgan on bass to turn the usual glides and smooches of these songs into a lurching,"
"but he was unavailable and recommended Legrand; he wrote his music as long pieces rather than specifically to scene timings, with the film later edited to the music by Legrand, Jewison and editor Hal Ashby. In addition, Legrand also had to prepare an original song to replace ""Strawberry Fields Forever,"" used as the temp track for the glider scene. Taking Quincy Jones' advice, Legrand worked with the Bergmans to compose ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" and a second song, ""His Eyes, Her Eyes""; Noel Harrison recorded ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" after Jewison failed to get his friend Andy Williams"
"broadcast the night of 14 April 1969; hearing ""The Windmills"" announced as the Best Song winner was these clerks' cue to drive a station wagon loaded with 2500 copies of a double-sided promo single of Springfield's version – identified on the label as ""Academy Award Winner"" – to the New York City general post office, where the copies of the single were mailed out to key radio stations across the US. Although its Hot 100 debut was not effected until the 5 May 1969 issue of ""Billboard"" and then with a #99 ranking, Springfield's ""The Windmills"" made a rapid ascent"
"single (RCA Victor 3-10436, Spain, 1969) 7"" single (RCA Victor PB 1103, France, 1977) 7"" single (RCA Victor RCA-2712, Canada, 1978) 7"" EP ""Suspicious Minds"" (RCA Victor TP-510, Portugal, 1969) CD single ""Suspicious Minds"" (RCA Victor 0886971223729, Sony BMG, EAN 0886971223729, 10 August 2007) You'll Think of Me (Elvis Presley song) ""You'll Think of Me"" is a song by Elvis Presley from his 1969 double album ""From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis"". Its first release on record was in August or September 1969 on a single as the reverse side to ""Suspicious Minds"". On December 1, 1970"
"which features the hit song ""The Windmills of Your Mind"", ""The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun"" (1970), ""The Go-Between"" and ""Summer of '42"" (1971), the last of which features another hit song, ""The Summer Knows"". Legrand also wrote the score for Orson Welles's last-completed film, ""F for Fake"" (1974) and would later compose the score for Welles’s posthumously-released movie ""The Other Side of the Wind"" (2018). He also composed the score for ""Yentl"" (1983), as well as the film score for Louis Malle's film ""Atlantic City"" (1980). Legrand's instrumental version of the theme from ""Brian's Song"""
"Soul '69 Soul '69 is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on 1969 by Atlantic Records, the album features covered material. The album charted at #1 on ""Billboard""s R&B albums chart and at #15 on ""Billboard""s Top Albums, but launched two largely unsuccessful singles, ""Tracks of My Tears"", which reached #21 on ""Black Singles"" and #71 on ""Pop Singles"", and ""Gentle on My Mind"", which charted at #50 and #76 respectively. The album was re-released on compact disc through Rhino Records in the 1990s. The album was critically well received. Music journalist Stanley Booth wrote in"
"Suspicious Minds ""Suspicious Minds"" is a song written and first recorded by American songwriter Mark James. After James' recording failed commercially, the song was handed to Elvis Presley by producer Chips Moman, becoming a number one song in 1969, and one of the most notable hits of Presley's career. ""Suspicious Minds"" was widely regarded as the single that returned Presley's career success, following his ""'68 Comeback Special"". It was his eighteenth and last number-one single in the United States. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it No. 91 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Session guitarist Reggie Young"
"are a montage of various other parts of Martinique, including St Pierre and the Lamentin airport. The paintings, copies of which were supplied by ""Troubetzkoy Paintings"" in New York, appearing in the film are: The soundtrack was composed by Bill Conti and arranged by Jack Eskew. It features a variety of jazz arrangements which harken back to the original film's version. In addition, the film ends with a reprise of the Academy Award-winning song ""Windmills of Your Mind"" sung by Sting. Throughout the film, segments are used of a song by Nina Simone called ""Sinnerman"" (from the album ""Pastel Blues"","
"in a third-season episode titled ""The Galatea Affair"". ""A Young Girl"" was included as one of the tracks on Harrison's debut album, ""Noel Harrison"", in 1966. Two years later, he recorded ""The Windmills of Your Mind"", the theme tune from the film ""The Thomas Crown Affair"", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968, and was also a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Despite the song winning the 1968 Oscar for best original song, Harrison did not sing it at the ceremony. Instead his place was taken by Jose Feliciano. The change was made"
"Sound Studio in Memphis, problems with getting the proper chords down arose, and at Springfield's suggestion the song was arranged so the first three verses were sung in a slower tempo than the original film version. In April 1969 the third A-side release from ""Dusty in Memphis"" was announced as ""I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore"" with ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" as B-side: however Wexler was prepared to promote ""Windmills"" as the A-side if it won the Oscar for Best Song, reportedly instructing mail-room clerks at Atlantic Records' New York City headquarters to listen to the Academy Awards"
"His career saw a resurgence in Britain, where he was first rediscovered in the middle of the 1970s. A best-of was issued there in 1974, and RCA signed him again to tour there. His hit singles ""Shadows of My Mind"", ""Redneck (The Redneck National Anthem)"", and ""A Good Old Fashioned Saturday Night Honky Tonk Barroom Brawl"" (U.S. Country No. 55, 1977) reinvigorated his career in America; in Britain, he was well known for ""I've Got to Get Peter Off Your Mind"" and ""Field of Flowers"". After a break of several years, he began a career as a gospel singer in"
"(1997). Rudy Clark Rudy Clark (born 1935) is an American songwriter. He was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He has more than 250 copyrights listed by BMI. Clark wrote songs for James Ray (and indeed may have discovered the singer), including Ray's moody 1962 R&B and regional pop hit ""If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"", later a hit for Freddie and the Dreamers, as well as ""Got My Mind Set on You"", which became a No. 1 US and No. 2 UK hit for George Harrison in 1987. ""Got My Mind Set On"
"You'll Think of Me (Elvis Presley song) ""You'll Think of Me"" is a song by Elvis Presley from his 1969 double album ""From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis"". Its first release on record was in August or September 1969 on a single as the reverse side to ""Suspicious Minds"". On December 1, 1970 the single ""Suspicious Minds"" / ""You'll Think of Me"" was re-released as part of RCA Victor's Gold Standard Series (together with 9 older Presley's singles). The single ""Suspicious Minds"" was certified Gold by RIAA for sales in 1 million copies in the United States"
"Tese recorded the single """" starting by a reverse playback of Suspicious Mind Suspicious Minds ""Suspicious Minds"" is a song written and first recorded by American songwriter Mark James. After James' recording failed commercially, the song was handed to Elvis Presley by producer Chips Moman, becoming a number one song in 1969, and one of the most notable hits of Presley's career. ""Suspicious Minds"" was widely regarded as the single that returned Presley's career success, following his ""'68 Comeback Special"". It was his eighteenth and last number-one single in the United States. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it No. 91 on their"
"Playground in My Mind ""Playground in My Mind"" is a 1973 hit song by Clint Holmes. It was written by Paul Vance with Lee Pockriss, and is a nursery rhyme-styled song which features a duet with record producer, Vance's son, seven-year-old Philip (July 28, 1965 – 13 December 2009) on the chorus. ""Playground in My Mind"" was released in the U.S. in June 1972 but did not reach the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart until March 24, 1973, when it rose to #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart behind, My Love by Paul McCartney and Wings. The single stayed on"
"to the original 1968 version of the film. The most obvious is the casting of Faye Dunaway as Crown's psychiatrist; Dunaway portrayed insurance investigator Vicki Anderson in the original. In the remake, ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" plays during the ballroom scene, as background music in a couple other scenes, and during the credits at the end; the song earned an Oscar for the original film. Both films share a nearly identical scene with Crown playing high-stakes golf, and in both films Crown pilots a glider for recreation. Filming took place in several parts of New York City, including Central"
"Reflections of My Life ""Reflections Of My Life"" was a 1969/1970 hit single for the Scottish band, Marmalade. It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell, and singer Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese). Released in late 1969, it was the band's first release on Decca following an earlier spell at CBS. The song went on to chart worldwide, reaching number three in the UK in 1969, number 10 in the US in 1970 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and number seven on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100. Initial sales were significant in both countries, and the one million mark"
"Rudy Clark Rudy Clark (born 1935) is an American songwriter. He was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. He has more than 250 copyrights listed by BMI. Clark wrote songs for James Ray (and indeed may have discovered the singer), including Ray's moody 1962 R&B and regional pop hit ""If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"", later a hit for Freddie and the Dreamers, as well as ""Got My Mind Set on You"", which became a No. 1 US and No. 2 UK hit for George Harrison in 1987. ""Got My Mind Set On You"""
"in the hotel... so all of these things came about very quickly and very drastically.” Burke completed the song on the train back to Chicago for Cooke's funeral. Got to Get You Off My Mind ""Got to Get You Off My Mind"" is a 1965 soul single written and performed by Solomon Burke. The single was produced by Jerry Wexler, and was the most successful of Burke's long career, becoming his highest-charting single on both the R&B and pop singles charts. ""Got to Get You Off My Mind"" was number one on ""Billboard""'s R&B Singles chart for three weeks and"
"Losing My Mind ""Losing My Mind"" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim originally for the 1971 musical ""Follies"" for the character of a former showgirl, Sally Durant Plummer. The song became a popular top ten hit for singer and actress Liza Minnelli in 1989 on the UK Singles chart and in Europe. ""Losing My Mind"" has been covered by many artists over the years. ""Losing My Mind"" was first performed by Dorothy Collins in the role of Sally Durant Plummer in the original Broadway production of ""Follies"". Other performers who have sung the song in later productions of ""Follies"""
"""Shadows of Knight"" was released in 1969 on Super K Productions, but failed to chart nationally. Prior to the album's distribution, the single, ""Shake"", was released and managed to obtain moderate success, peaking at number 46 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. A re-recorded version of the song appears on the album, titled ""Shake Revisited '69"". Other notable tracks included a cover of the Buffalo Springfield song ""Bluebird"", Willie Dixon's ""Back Door Man"" and ""Times and Places"" by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's bassist Shaun Harris. The album was the final release containing new material by the Shadows of Knight"
"a review of the 1965 Antibes-Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival in France, ""Billboard"" noted her performance of ""Trouble in Mind"" as ""the blues at its most compelling and featured such unorthodox lyrical variations as 'Gonna let the 2:19 train and barbiturates ease my troubled mind'"". Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft identifies ""Trouble in Mind"" as a blues standard ""that has been recorded over and over again in jazz, blues, and pop"". Additionally, AllMusic includes renditions in its database by country, folk revival, and rock musicians. Footnotes Citations Sources Trouble in Mind (song) ""Trouble in Mind"" is a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz"
"You"" 1969: Rhinoceros ""Apricot Brandy/ When You Say You're Sorry"" 1969: Rhinoceros ""I Need Love/ Belbuekus"" 1969: Rhinoceros ""Back Door/In A Little Room"" 1970: Rhinoceros ""Old Age/Let's Party"" 1970: Rhinoceros ""Better Times/It's A Groovy World"" 1972: Homestead ""Anthem/New York City"" 1972: Homestead ""Every Little Thing/Sadness"" John Finley (musician) John Finley (born May 6, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer/songwriter who came to prominence with Toronto R&B band Jon and Lee & The Checkmates and later with the Elektra supergroup Rhinoceros. Finley's talents reach over many genres, including R&B, Gospel, Jazz and Rock, and is acclaimed for his song"
"Gentle on My Mind (song) ""Gentle on My Mind"" is a song written by John Hartford, which won four 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song (Songwriter). The other two awards Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male and Best Country & Western Recording, went to American country music singer Glen Campbell for his version of Hartford's song. The song was released in June 1967 as the only single from the album of the same name. It was re-released in July 1968 to more success. Glen Campbell's version has"
"Paintings in My Mind Paintings in My Mind is the second full-length studio release (third, if the ""Republic of Idols"" EP is counted) from pianist and singer-songwriter Tommy Page. Released in 1990, it features 10 tracks, all of which Page either wrote by himself or co-wrote. The single ""I'll Be Your Everything"" was co-written by Page, Jordan Knight, and Danny Wood; it became a smash hit in 1990, peaking at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Another New Kids on the Block alumnus, Donnie Wahlberg, contributed to the writing of the song ""Turn on the Radio"" (the second single)."
"received over 5 million plays on the radio. Campbell used ""Gentle on My Mind"" as the theme to his television variety show, ""The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"" between 1969 and 1972. Dean Martin's version, recorded in 1968, was a major hit in the United Kingdom; three versions of the song, Campbell's, Martin's and Patti Page's, all reached the top ten of the U.S. easy listening chart in 1968. The song was ranked number 16 on BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century. Hartford reported that he was inspired to write the song after seeing the film ""Doctor Zhivago"" when his"
"Legend of a Mind ""Legend of a Mind"" is a song by the British progressive rock band The Moody Blues, and was written by the band's flautist Ray Thomas, who provides the lead vocals. ""Legend of a Mind"" was recorded in January 1968 and was first released on the Moody Blues' album ""In Search of the Lost Chord"". It was the first song recorded for the album. The original promotional black-and-white film for the song was filmed on location at Groot-Bijgaarden Castle near Brussels in Belgium. The song's lyrics are about 1960s LSD icon Timothy Leary. Leary was an advocate"
"Bonnie and Friends (""To Bonnie from Delaney"", 1970), Joni Mitchell (""Blue"", 1971), Billy Joel (""Cold Spring Harbor"", 1971), Little Feat (""Sailin' Shoes"", 1972), Frank Zappa (""Waka/Jawaka"", 1972), the Bee Gees (""Life in a Tin Can"", 1973), Yoko Ono (""Feeling the Space"", 1973), John Lennon (""Mind Games"", 1973), John Cale (""Paris 1919"", 1973), Linda Ronstadt (""Heart Like A Wheel"", 1974), Harry Nilsson (""Pussy Cats"", 1974), Stevie Wonder (""Fulfillingness' First Finale"", 1974 and ""Songs in the Key of Life"", 1976), Fleetwood Mac (""Heroes Are Hard to Find"", 1974), and Leonard Cohen (""Death of a Ladies' Man"", 1977). In 1974, Kleinow was briefly"